No, North Korea is not at the 2026 Winter Olympics. It's not actually because of a ban, though. The North Koreans simply didn't have anyone qualify for these Games. North Korea last competed in the Winter Olympics in 2018.

Two South Korean cross-country skiers, Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin, have been disqualified from the Winter Olympics after reportedly using a banned item.

The 2026 Winter Olympics continues Thursday with several high-stakes events from the worlds of skiing, luge, speed skating, curling, and hockey.

SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after failing to secure qualification spots.

Yuma Kagiyama entered tonight trailing Ilia Malinin by 5.09 points — and he’s going to have a difficult time catching him. Kagiyama didn’t have his cleanest performance in the free skate, stumbling lightly after a couple jumps on a night he needed to be both aggressive and perfect.

South Korea held a 5-2 lead going into the eight end, but the U.S. rallied with three points force an extra end. Yet Thiesse and Dropkin struggled with their accuracy in the extra

South Korea entered the medal race of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, the second day of action after the opening ceremony, as the alpine snowboarder Kim Sang-kyum came through with a shocking silver medal.